The Water Cycle

A __________ is a process with no beginning and no end.

• machine

• cycle

• line

• operator

_______________ is the change from a liquid to a gas.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

Plants play a part in the water cycle through a process called _______________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• runoff

Which is not part of the water cycle?

• precipitation

• animals

• plants

• mars

________________ is the change from a gas to a liquid.

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

Sometimes water vapor condenses directly onto a surface such as grass or a window. The condensed drops of water are called ______________.

• rain

• sleet

• snow

• dew

water that falls to earth as rain, sleet, snow or hail is called . _________________.

• evaporation

• condensation

• runoff

• precipitation

Underground water is also called _________________.

• ocean

• river

• pond

• groundwater

Water that flows over land surface is called _____________

• sleet

• snow

• runoff

• hail

The suns __________ drives the water cycle.

• color

• distance

• energy

• direction